I got back a little early today, so I posted the update ahead of schedule.
The wind kept blowing in from the northwest.
It howled through Zangarmarsh, making the mutated plants all around sway from side to side.
The dark green liquid in Coilfang Reservoir stirred in the northwesterly wind as well.
Ripples slowly spread across its surface, one ring after another, endlessly radiating outward.
The banks of Coilfang Reservoir were packed with figures. Burly warriors stood along the shore, among them green-skinned orcs and short dwarves. Many of Azeroth's races had gathered here. The combined forces of the Alliance and Horde boasted a diverse lineup this time. They were not an army of a single race, but a coalition of many. The Alliance contingent alone included humans, dwarves, gnomes, high elves, and draenei.
The Horde was much the same, with orcs, trolls, tauren, and quilboar.
Clad in heavy armor, Rex strode to the edge of Coilfang Reservoir. Heroic powerhouses like him would be the main fighting force in this battle.
Ultimately, the battle in Coilfang Reservoir would take place underwater, a field in which neither the Horde nor the Alliance had much expertise.
Neither the Alliance nor the Horde held its main territories beneath the sea. The world was so vast that they had not even fully occupied the land. Although everyone knew the ocean offered even more space and countless resources, neither faction had any designs on it yet.
Only when the Alliance and Horde had squandered all the resources on land would they consider a true advance beneath the sea, competing for territory with the naga and murlocs who lived there.
This time, however, Coilfang Reservoir had brought the Alliance and Horde into their first conflict with the naga. They needed to capture a structure underwater. In